Peanut Connecting System
Introducing the NEW Peanut Connecting System; the ultimate in self clamping, invisible connectors. Designed with the woodworking and furniture industry in mind, the new Peanut Connecting System from Intelligent Fixings produces a wide variety of 45° and 90° joints quickly and efficiently using a ½” router and a drill. Read our short blog packed with helpful videos to help you learn more.
Peanut Connecting System
Main advantages
- Quickly assemble and reassemble furniture
- Create Strong and rigid connections
- Enables cabinets to be shipped flat with connectors pre-inserted
More applications
PEANUT® 2 Connecting System Package
This package includes the jig, cutters and connectors.
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Its very nice and works well, but why on earth does it have to be so expensive ?
£200 - £250 would seem much more appropriate.
Hi Dean, thanks for your comment. I've passed the feedback back to our relevant teams. Kind Regards, Hannah
Hi Hannah, Many Thanks for passing my feedback on - Much appreciated.
This product a really great idea and works very well, but It would be far more nicer if it was little more affordable to everyone as the £400.00 asking price is really scary !, especially for those who are not in full time work or retired.
With Kindest Regards, Dean.
i dont think its priced for what its actually costing to make plus materials plus profit, but rather a midprice target between the domino and a cheap dowel joint jig. basic market pricing really, charge what you can get away with. the kreg pocket hole jig is a bit of plastic and thats roughly £100. personally i think if they halved the price they would sell bucketloads because its a good system. festool gets away with outrageous prices because their system is integrated and it is well thought out, but these days theres a lot of competitors snapping at their heels, when the domino goes out of patent expect a lot of cheap copies to flood the market like the tracksaw concept. and with 3d printing and desktop CNC the market is wide open for new ideas.
Apart from the absence of holes, how is this different from a pocket hole jig?
Hello, thank you for your question. The Peanut Fixing is stronger than a screw thread of a pocket hole screw. Using the Peanut Jig, the fixing is machined into both pieces of timber. Please check out the data sheet on our website which shows this. The fixing is also an internal clamp which pulls very tight when assembled. It can also be taken apart and reassembled many times. This is possible with a pocket hole screw but will be considerably weaker every time this is done. I hope this answers your question. Thanks.
Hi Hannah,
Quick question. When drilling the hole to connect the peanut, would you not be limited by the size of the table where you have installed the jig? The Routed bit is fine because that is merely the size of your table ( it lays flat ) the peanut drilled element is vertical in the jig. I am just thinking about a wardrobe.
Your article is quite helpful! I have so many questions, and you have answered many. Thank you! Such a nice and superb article, we have been looking for this information about the peanut connecting system. Indeed a great post about it!!
Hi, as i only have a DRT50 at present and would rather not spend hundreds on a 1/2 inch router as well as a few hundred on your jig (so pricing it a bit cheaper would definitely widen your market), can you get the peanut cutter in a 1/4 inch version. I just play at woodworking but have already built so much, with a biscuit jointer and a pocket hole jig, for my house and looking to build more for presents for family and friends this jig would give me a much wider choice of joints to make for some basic furniture ideas I already make
whats the best make of screw for these fixings ?
The key thing to look at is the cost per connector as that is the main consumable. The Peanut router bit is also proprietary and rather pricey but does last for many connector joints. There are many invisible joint fastener systems on the market, including the expensive Lamello Zeta joinery machines and connectors, The OVVO system is also a proprietary system of bits and fasteners. IKEA style cam-lock fasteners use a dowel for location and a cam lock fastener for locking panels in place but these fasteners are visible on the interior of the finished casework. You must balance cost of jigs and machinery to number of fasteners consumed per project and total volume to determine which system is best for your needs. In a low volume production environment, a jig should be made of strong and dimensionally stable material and nothing beats a phenolic laminate for durability. MDF can swell when stored in a high moisture environment and the edge banding adhesives may fail over time The Peanut system may appeal to low volume casework assemblers but the system does have drawbacks compared to other system available.
Great piece of kit, shame the thickness of wood it can be used with is limited.